A Few Completions

When Sarah lived in Richmond, she and I used to get together once a week to craft. Sometimes we ended up just going shopping or browsing (much to Aaron's & Rich's chagrin), sometimes we ended up just talking, we have a few projects that we started and have yet to finish. . . all in all, we always had fun. When Aaron called me in early January and said Sarah missed me and wanted to craft (perhaps he's feeling a bit too rich?? ha. ha. ha.), I jumped on it and we set the date. Jenn joined us in the fun and we made some baby projects to stash away (Sarah is expecting little Pheobe in July, so her projects won't be stashed for long).

We had all planned on making sleepers. This is my finished product. Not the best craftmanship, but without an official pattern, I'd say it turned out ok. I learned a lot making it and would do things much differently if I do another one. It has a zipper on the side to help put baby in and out easier. Since I was still figuring out how to make the sleepers, no one else started one.

In my online wanderings a few weeks ago, my attention was caught by the question "Do you carry your car seat up in the bend of your elbow? Or on your forearm? Does the handle pinch and twist your skin and drive you crazy?" I remember that I hated the pinching when I had to carry Zack around in it. I snatched up this tutorial and made myself one of these covers. It wasn't hard and didn't take much time at all.

These carseat tents are the latest craze up in Cache Valley. I was a bit dismayed to not find any "boy" cotton fabric that I loved in red. I did find some flannels, so I will probably make up a boy version from the flannel. However, I love, LOVE, LOVE this girly fabric!! I think I may go buy some more to make something else out of it. A girl that lives near me made some GORGEOUS fabric flowers to go on her carseat tent ties. I'm thinking about making a few of my own for a finishing touch. I've also seen them with bows and some with large buttons on them. Very versatile and easy to make your own rendition. The project wasn't difficult, either. Jenn is close to having 4 complete (she can't make up her mind of what she will want, plus she doesn't have a carseat yet, she wants one that Allen will carry without feeling demasculated-- U of U-- and it's always a good idea to have an extra on hand so you can throw one in the wash), and Sarah also completed hers.

I like that they just flip up over the handle so that you can see baby without having to take it off everytime. Ignore my boring backing fabric-- I couldn't find anything I loved enough to go with that luscious red fabric on the top! Zack, of course, thanked me for making him a cave. Of course, now that I love this so much, I will probably end up with only boys.

Finally, the creme de la creme. I've been working since New Year's on this project in my snippets of time. Oh, how I long for more time to crochet & craft than I can squeeze in around school & home duties! It was a 2009 blog giveaway for Sarah and I finally finished it up just before she arrived Monday morning to craft. I didn't anticipate learning anything new with this project, since I've been crocheting for years, but I did! The border was crocheted separate from the afghan and then stitched on. It took 2 attempts to get the spacing correct on the border (the second time I was smart enough to tack the corners on first, counting out the correct amount of shells for each side, before stitching it on). Ignore the matress in the pictures-- I was trying to avoid getting dog fur on the afghan and the sheets were in the wash.

With my grades completed, I was hoping that my Herrschners order would have arrived today so that I can begin my next project (remember the yarn drama?). No such luck. I guess I enjoyed my weekend and I need to devote my night to cleaning my neglected house.